The 54th Rhyl Congress was a 3-section 5-round congress played over the weekend from Friday 22nd August to Sunday 24th August 2023, at Rhyl Town Hall, Wellington Road, Rhyl, LL18 1BA.

Final “wallcharts” for each section were as follows:

Open

No	Name	Rtg		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	Mike J Surtees	2188	1	W	7	1	B	5	1	B	2	½	W	6	½	B	4
	Great Lever			1			2			3			3½			4		13½
2	Chris Doran	2015	½	-	bye	1	B	8	0	W	1	1	W	9	1	B	6
	Chester			½			1½			1½			2½			3½		9½
3	Mark A Bastow	1951	½	-	bye	½	W	6	1	B	9	½	W	4	½	B	7
	Colwyn Bay			½			1			2			2½			3		9
4	Dylan Mize	1916	0	W	5	1	B	7	1	W	8	½	B	3	½	W	1
	United States			0			1			2			2½			3		8½
5	Oliver A Jackson	2146	1	B	4	0	W	1	0	B	6	1	W	10	1	B	9
	Cheshire & N Wales *			1			1			1			2			3		8
6	Martin J Burns	1941	½	-	bye	½	B	3	1	W	5	½	B	1	0	W	2
	Crewe			½			1			2			2½			2½		8½
7	James Harrison	1950	0	B	1	0	W	4	1	W	10	1	B	8	½	W	3
	Northwich			0			0			1			2			2½		5½
8	Denys Podcherniaev	1783	1	B	9	0	W	2	0	B	4	0	W	7	1	B	10
	Colwyn Bay			1			1			1			1			2		6
9	Philip T Seery	1984	0	W	8	1	B	10	0	W	3	0	B	2	0	W	5
	Bare Village			0			1			1			1			1		4
10	Selwyn Ll Hamilton	1699	½	-	bye	0	W	9	0	B	7	0	B	5	0	W	8
	Warley Quinborne			½			½			½			½			½		2½

Major (Under 1900)

No	Name	Rtg		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	Ben Fearnhead	1866	1	B	33	1	W	26	½	B	9	½	W	10	1	B	11
	Poulton-Le-Fylde			1			2			2½			3			4		12½
2	Deio Parri	1624	½	-	bye	1	W	14	1	B	19	1	W	9	½	B	5
	Caernarfon			½			1½			2½			3½			4		12
3	Alfie Melia	1843	½	B	15	1	W	21	½	B	4	1	W	26	1	B	10
	Atticus			½			1½			2			3			4		11
4	James Clark	1633	½	W	31	1	B	8	½	W	3	1	B	16	½	W	9
	Oxford University			½			1½			2			3			3½		10½
5	Haydn J Parry	1747	½	-	bye	½	W	18	1	B	23	1	B	27	½	W	2
	Holywell			½			1			2			3			3½		10
6	David Lambton	1752	½	-	bye	½	W	23	1	B	24	½	W	15	1	B	18
	Crewe			½			1			2			2½			3½		9½
7	Karl Lockett	1806	½	-	bye	0	B	27	1	W	32	1	B	30	1	W	17
	Crewe			½			½			1½			2½			3½		8½
8	Roy Thomas	1749	½	-	bye	0	W	4	1	B	37	1	W	21	1	B	15
				½			½			1½			2½			3½		8½
9	Martin P Gawne	1817	1	W	30	1	B	28	½	W	1	0	B	2	½	B	4
	Barrow			1			2			2½			2½			3		11
10	Carmel J Barwick	1854	½	-	bye	1	-	bye	1	W	25	½	B	1	0	W	3
	Crewe			½			1½			2½			3			3		10½
11	Michael I Connor	1735	½	-	bye	1	B	29	½	W	27	1	B	25	0	W	1
	Great Lever			½			1½			2			3			3		10
12	Peter S Fisher	1735	1	W	32	0	B	25	½	W	17	½	B	13	1	W	29
	Wrexham			1			1			1½			2			3		8½
13	Marek J Soszynski	1824	½	B	23	0	W	15	1	B	34	½	W	12	1	B	26
	Sutton Coldfield			½			½			1½			2			3		7½
14	Stephen M Lloyd	1733	½	-	bye	0	B	2	1	W	36	½	B	22	1	W	25
	Chester			½			½			1½			2			3		7½
15	James Holyhead	1701	½	W	3	1	B	13	½	W	16	½	B	6	0	W	8
	Birmingham *			½			1½			2			2½			2½		9
16	Mike J O'Mahony	1724	½	-	bye	1	W	37	½	B	15	0	W	4	½	B	20
	Wallasey			½			1½			2			2			2½		8½
17	Jon EW Blackburn	1649	½	-	bye	½	W	20	½	B	12	1	W	19	0	B	7
	Alsager			½			1			1½			2½			2½		8
18	Michael Gale	1633	½	-	bye	½	B	5	½	W	22	1	B	31	0	W	6
				½			1			1½			2½			2½		8
19	Vincent Logan	1835	½	W	27	1	B	36	0	W	2	0	B	17	1	W	32
	Greater Manchester *			½			1½			1½			1½			2½		7½
20	Steve A Edwards	1752	½	W	29	½	B	17	½	W	30	½	B	28	½	W	16
	Sutton Coldfield			½			1			1½			2			2½		7½
21	Mike Hollyman	1622	1	W	22	0	B	3	½	W	28	0	B	8	1	W	30
	Wales			1			1			1½			1½			2½		7½
22	Chris J Grier	1746	0	B	21	1	W	35	½	B	18	½	W	14	½	B	23
	Rhyl & Prestatyn			0			1			1½			2			2½		7
23	Shion Rowlands	1646	½	W	13	½	B	6	0	W	5	1	B	36	½	W	22
	Rhyl & Prestatyn			½			1			1			2			2½		7
24	Ray Williams	1687	½	-	bye	½	B	31	0	W	6	½	B	32	1	W	27
	Chester			½			1			1			1½			2½		6½
25	Philip Norden	0	1	B	34	1	W	12	0	B	10	0	W	11	0	B	14
				1			2			2			2			2		9
26	Kate Walker	1722	1	-	bye	0	B	1	1	W	31	0	B	3	0	W	13
	Telepost (Shrewsbury)			1			1			2			2			2		8
27	Barrie Wells	1661	½	B	19	1	W	7	½	B	11	0	W	5	0	B	24
	Colwyn Bay			½			1½			2			2			2		8
28	Gary Fox	1734	1	B	35	0	W	9	½	B	21	½	W	20
	Colwyn Bay			1			1			1½			2			2		7½
29	Alan P Hiatt	1633	½	B	20	0	W	11	½	-	bye	1	W	33	0	B	12
	Carlisle Austin Friars			½			½			1			2			2		6
30	Ian G Matthew	1645	0	B	9	1	W	34	½	B	20	0	W	7	0	B	21
	Portsmouth			0			1			1½			1½			1½		5½
31	Andrew N Lake	1807	½	B	4	½	W	24	0	B	26	0	W	18	½	B	33
	Oscott Chess Club			½			1			1			1			1½		5
32	Alan M Llewellyn	1609	0	B	12	1	W	33	0	B	7	½	W	24	0	B	19
	Barrow			0			1			1			1½			1½		5
33	Paul N Fearnhead	1729	0	W	1	0	B	32	1	W	35	0	B	29	½	W	31
	Poulton-Le-Fylde			0			0			1			1			1½		3½
34	Vivien Webster	1731	0	W	25	0	B	30	0	W	13	1	-	bye	½	B	35
	Halifax			0			0			0			1			1½		2½
35	Kirk Harrison	1582	0	W	28	0	B	22	0	B	33	1	W	37	½	W	34
	Northamptonshire *			0			0			0			1			1½		2½
36	Jay Drawbridge	1704	½	-	bye	0	W	19	0	B	14	0	W	23	½	B	37
				½			½			½			½			1		3
37	Sandra G Blackburn	1611	½	-	bye	0	B	16	0	W	8	0	B	35	½	W	36
	Alsager			½			½			½			½			1		3

Minor (Under 1600)

No	Name	Rtg		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	Geoff Graham	0	1	W	28	1	B	13	1	W	6	1	B	2	1	W	5
				1			2			3			4			5		15
2	Dave Mealor	0	1	B	23	1	W	7	1	B	15	0	W	1	1	W	10
	Cheshire & N Wales *			1			2			3			3			4		13
3	Steve Richards	1597	½	B	24	1	W	29	1	W	12	½	B	4	1	W	11
	Wrexham			½			1½			2½			3			4		11½
4	Michael J Harper	1582	½	-	bye	1	W	24	1	B	20	½	W	3	1	B	9
	Gambit			½			1½			2½			3			4		11½
5	James Babington	1590	1	W	11	½	-	bye	1	B	17	+	W	16	0	B	1
	Rhyl & Prestatyn			1			1½			2½			3½			3½		12
6	Paul Sadler	1535	1	B	34	1	W	37	0	B	1	½	W	15	1	B	26
	Wrexham			1			2			2			2½			3½		11
7	Bob Amos	1578	1	W	35	0	B	2	1	W	13	½	B	8	1	W	18
	Prescot & Knotty Ash			1			1			2			2½			3½		10
8	Lawrence Harold	1430	0	B	29	1	W	39	1	B	24	½	W	7	1	B	15
	Eccles Community			0			1			2			2½			3½		9
9	Daniel Altmann	0	½	B	17	1	W	40	½	-	bye	1	B	26	0	W	4
				½			1½			2			3			3		10
10	Steve Rush	1563	0	B	37	1	B	22	1	W	36	1	W	27	0	B	2
				0			1			2			3			3		9
11	James Weldon	1469	0	B	5	1	W	38	1	B	21	1	W	19	0	B	3
				0			1			2			3			3		9
12	Catriona Coutts	1538	½	-	bye	1	W	25	0	B	3	½	W	14	1	B	27
				½			1½			1½			2			3		8½
13	Lee Spackman	1443	1	B	39	0	W	1	0	B	7	1	W	32	1	B	29
	Alsager			1			1			1			2			3		8
14	David Fernandez-Arias	0	½	W	20	0	B	18	1	W	42	½	B	12	1	W	28
				½			½			1½			2			3		7½
15	Stephen M Chadaway	1586	1	W	38	1	B	36	0	W	2	½	B	6	0	W	8
	Olton			1			2			2			2½			2½		10
16	Gary Slegg	1553	½	W	33	1	B	42	1	W	18	-	B	5
	Wrexham			½			1½			2½			2½			2½		9½
17	Matthew Fox	1491	½	W	9	1	B	33	0	W	5	1	B	28
	Leamington			½			1½			1½			2½			2½		8½
18	Margaret L Gretton	1483	½	-	bye	1	W	14	0	B	16	1	W	31	0	B	7
	Gambit			½			1½			1½			2½			2½		8½
19	Gregory Lloyd	1582	½	-	bye	½	W	21	1	B	37	0	B	11	½	W	22
	Wales			½			1			2			2			2½		8
20	Patrick N Coleman	1490	½	B	14	1	W	32	0	W	4	½	B	22	½	W	21
	Lytham St Annes			½			1½			1½			2			2½		8
21	Paul G Broderick	1333	½	-	bye	½	B	19	0	W	11	1	W	39	½	B	20
	Newport (Shropshire)			½			1			1			2			2½		7
22	Leo Fernandez-Arias	0	½	B	30	0	W	10	1	B	25	½	W	20	½	B	19
				½			½			1½			2			2½		7
23	Matthew Matthias	1444	0	W	2	1	B	35	0	W	26	½	B	33	1	W	34
	Wrexham			0			1			1			1½			2½		6
24	Jeff Foy	1398	½	W	3	0	B	4	0	W	8	1	B	42	1	W	36
	Altrincham & Hale			½			½			½			1½			2½		5½
25	Reuben Tarjanyi	1176	½	-	bye	0	B	12	0	W	22	1	B	41	1	W	33
				½			½			½			1½			2½		5½
26	David P Price	1584	½	B	27	½	W	31	1	B	23	0	W	9	0	W	6
	Crewe			½			1			2			2			2		7½
27	Thomas F Hynes	1302	½	W	26	½	-	bye	1	B	31	0	B	10	0	W	12
	Urmston			½			1			2			2			2		7½
28	Chris Lysons	1464	0	B	1	1	W	34	1	B	29	0	W	17	0	B	14
	Eccles Community			0			1			2			2			2		7
29	Stephen Williams	0	1	W	8	0	B	3	0	W	28	1	B	38	0	W	13
				1			1			1			2			2		7
30	Steve R Wilson	1467	½	W	22				½	-	bye	+	B	41
	Telepost (Shrewsbury)			½			½			1			2			2		6
31	Peter Coutts	1448	½	-	bye	½	B	26	0	W	27	0	B	18	1	W	39
				½			1			1			1			2		5½
32	Matthew Russell	0	½	-	bye	0	B	20	½	W	33	0	B	13	1	W	38
				½			½			1			1			2		5
33	Stephen Garnett	1071	½	B	16	0	W	17	½	B	32	½	W	23	0	B	25
	Rhyl & Prestatyn			½			½			1			1½			1½		5
34	Bobby Murray	905	0	W	6	0	B	28	1	-	bye	½	W	35	0	B	23
	Kidsgrove			0			0			1			1½			1½		4
35	Radha Baan	1150	0	B	7	0	W	23	0	B	39	½	B	34	1	W	42
	Hertfordshire *			0			0			0			½			1½		2
36	Ingmar So	1436	1	W	40	0	W	15	0	B	10				0	B	22
	Northwich Junior Chess Club			1			1			1			1			1		5
37	Rory Lynch	1118	1	W	10	0	B	6	0	W	19
	Frodsham			1			1			1			1			1		5
38	Philip R Crew	1314	0	B	15	0	B	11	1	W	41	0	W	29	0	B	32
	Rhyl & Prestatyn			0			0			1			1			1		3
39	Finn Prichard	0	0	W	13	0	B	8	1	W	35	0	B	21	0	B	31
				0			0			1			1			1		3
40	Adam Williams	0	0	B	36	0	B	9	1	-	bye	-	W	30
				0			0			1			1			1		3
41	Jaden Flannery	0							0	B	37	0	W	24	1	-	bye
				0			0			0			0			1		1
42	Susan F Parry	1208	½	-	bye	0	W	16	0	B	14	0	W	24	0	B	35
	Holywell			½			½			½			½			½		2½